David Palffy
DAVID PALFFY has been a professional actor for over 16 years and has over 70 film and television acting credits. In addition he has several theatrical credits from productions produced in Canada, United States, England, and Holland.
His acting career began while completing a Political Science degree at The University of Calgary and briefly at Harvard, while he starred in "Storm", a low budget film directed by David Winning, that received acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival and distributed by Warner Brothers in 85'. He then attended the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in England and subsequently obtained a role in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket".
In 1988, he returned to Canada to star in Loot at the Citadel Theatre, followed by roles in Friday The Thirteenth in Toronto and John Frankenheimer's The Fourth War filmed in Alberta. By 1990 he was traveling back to Europe to star in the Dutch mini series The Summer of 45 as the lead soldier in a story about a contingent of Canadians/Americans that liberated Holland in World War II.
An extended stay in Holland, lead to an appearane with The National Theatre Company and the formation of his own theatre company where he acted, and directed in productions like David Mamet's Speed The Plow.
In returning to Canada, he continued to act, produce and direct as the artistic director of The Globe Theatre in Vancouver for one year and sold his first screenplay "The Search", screened at The Berlin Film Festival.
David now resides in Vancouver and continues to work as a re-curring actor on Stargate SG1 and Cold Squad, with guest appearances on Andromeda, First Wave, Greedom, The Lone Gunman, and films like My Mother The Spy, Disney's Ladies and The Champ, Promised Land and Ecks vs Sever to name a few. His recent film credits include House of the Dead starring Jurgen Prochnow, Backfire with Steven Baldwin, He Sees You When Shes Sleeping with Erika Eleniak and the series Jeremiah with Luke Perry. He has worked with Antonio Bandera, Dennis Hopper, Micheal Madsen, Roy Scheider, Harry Dean Stanton, Jan Claude van Dam, Diane Cannon, Lucy Liu, Olympia Dukakis, Marion Ross, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter DeLuise, David Winning, and Stanley Kubrick, John Frankenheimer, Costa Gavros.
While in Vancouver he has spent much of his spare time teaching and coaching actors and is the founder of The Yaletown Actor's Lab, a very innovative, and exciting film/acting studio.
Apart from his commitments as a teacher he has formed his own film company FOUR RIDER FILMS to produce the film "The Wild McLeans" scheduled for production in 2004 in the Nicola Valley, BC, Canada